Starting the day — Copyright Charlie Naebeck All Rights Reserved.
I rolled out of bed at 6am. The light hazily fluttered through the curtains. Use the restroom — start the coffee. Stomach growls like an angry beast. What is there to eat?
There is one egg in the carton. Forgetfulness to buy more. I’ll scrawl a note on to the ripped paper on the refrigerator. Buy more eggs. Saturdays are great for buying food. But what is there to eat right now?
The coffee is done. I pour it into a large blue ceramic mug. I take a sip. It is hot and beckons my senses to come alive. This does not satisfy my stomach.
I look at the one egg and it stares back at me. Once it was going to be so much more than it is. It was going to be a chicken. But a farmer had a very different plan. Robbed of its youth, it is here now.
I move a tall red pot from the cupboard to the sink. I fill it with water to boil. The rolling boil starts as I review emails to start the day. The egg stares at me and prepares to enter the steamy bath. It feels like a sauna — but a sauna for eggs? I laugh to myself.
Fifteen minutes later I remember the egg. Messages distract as I try to quickly reply to start the day. I turn off the gas and carefully remove the water from the pot. The egg stares at me. It is hard boiled now.
I think to myself that I never make enough photos. I keep a small camera in my jacket pocket so I am ready. I retrieve the camera and make an image. The egg smiles and telepathically says “I am your breakfast and your model”. I laugh to myself again. Life is too short not to have an imagination.
I thank God for another day on this earth. I am thankful for the egg and coffee in my stomach. Later I will try to stop work early to go to the store. And perhaps another day an egg will save the day again.
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